SouthParkCon:Everyone knows Obama could have dropped trou, spread his cheeks and beefed a premie on stage and Candy and the rest of his followers at CNN would have applauded and called him the greatest debater since Plato. I don't expect objectivity from CNN or Fox News, that's why I rely on magic beans and the ramblings of decrepit women.

sprawl15:Dusk-You-n-Me: Romney ceded some of his time by directly asking Obama questions, a violation of debate rules.

ANSWER THE QUESTION

Well, I-

ANSWER THE QUESTION

Let me exp-

ANSWER THE QUESTION

OK, the situation is more complicated than you're making it because bla bla bla.

WHY ARE WE LETTING HIM TALK

The hilarious thing is, he didn't even learn his lesson after that. He tried the exact same thing again with the "Have you looked at your pension?!" bit. I don't even know what he was trying to accomplish there.

Vegan Meat Popsicle:I think that was Lehrer's biggest mistake. He assumed politicians would just play by the rules when he should have known they were just going to talk and talk and talk until he told them to shut up.

As far as mistakes go, that's right up there with getting involved in a land war in Asia.

wippit:Jackson Herring: Lurking Fear: tenp0unds0fcheese strikes me as one of those poor southerners who vote republican and defend them despite logic or reason because you know, someday he'll be rich and those republican policies will finally work in his favor. people who make inflammatory posts on the internet dot com in order to generate negative attention

Oooo! I know this one! I know this one!

It's goblin!

No, wait... ogre? Kobold? Halfling? Catoblepas?

Aw crap, let me go get the Monster Manual, I know it's in there somewhere....

I don't always pick a hated enemy for my ranger, but when I do, I choose tenpoundsofcheese.

Did they count the times that Mitt was yelling in the background "Governmet doesn't create jobs! Government doesn't create jobs!" and "He promised to fix immigration in his first year! He promised to fix immigration in his first year!" (or something like that) ?

tenpoundsofcheese:No one is criticizing Candy because it was a much closer debate, they criticized her because of her actions.

"That uppity lady there, saying they have 2 minutes to speak, stopping Romney and Obama from he-says-she-saysing for the whole debate, and trying to shut down crosstalk, who the hell does she think she is?"